Spout for inserting packages in receptacles.



R. REJSEK.

SPOUT FOR INSBRTING PACKAGES IN RBOBPTAGLES.

APPLICATION FILED DBG.26,1914.

1,182,032., Patented Mar.16,1915.

RUDOLPH REJ'SEK, OF NEW YORK, 1., FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF YORK, N.

ASSIG-NOR T0 AMERICAN MACHINE & Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SPOUT FOR INSERTING PACKAGES IN RIECEPTACLES.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 19115.

Application filed December 28, 1914. serial No. 878,113.

TO'aZZ whom it may concern. I

Be'it known that I, RUDOLPH REJsEK, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, residing at New York, countyof New York, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement; in Spouts forInsertin Packages in Receptacles, of which the ollowing is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in.

a spout for inserting packages in receptacles.

In the patent to the American Machine & Foundry Company, as the assigneeof E. D. Smith, No. 1114053, patented October 20, 1914, for cigarettepacking machine, there is disclosed a spout adapted to enter a pouch andthrough which a package of cigarettes may be pushed to enter said ouch.

The present invention is an lmprovement upon the spout illustrated inthe above patent and is adaptable for use upon the machine shown in saidpatent.

The invention consists in certain combinations which will be hereinafterdescribed and then specifically set forth in the claims hereuntoappended. I

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specificationand in which like characters of reference indicate the same or likeparts, Figure-1 is a front elevation partly broken away of a deviceconstructed in accordance with the invention; and Fig. 2 is across-sectional view taken on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1.

In the device selected to illustrate the invention, there is provided aframe consisting of a main section 1 and a removable section 2, saidremovable section being secured to the main section by means of screws3. The two sections, when assembled, form a frame having a rectangularaperture therein. There is further provided a pair of guide rods4mounted in suitable apertures drilled in the sections 1 and 2 beforereferred to. These guide rods are thus supported by the frame and crosssaid aperture, one near each side wall thereof. Midway between the topand bottom walls of said aperture are located a pair of stop studs 5screwed into suitable threaded apertures in the side walls of the frame.'Slidably mounted upon the guide rods 4 are a pair of blocks 6, one oneither side of the stop studs 5 which act to limit the approachingmovement'of the blocks 6. Secured to the blocks 6 are a pair of parallelrigid longitudmally' flanged members 7 and these members. are movablewith the blocks and are adapted to enter a receptacle. The members 7 arerigidly held to the blocks 6 by means of keepers 8 and screws 9, saidscrews passing through apertures in the keepers and in the members 7 andthreadng into the blocks 6. Each of the blocks 6 is provided with twocounter-sunk apertures 10 concentric with the guide rods 4, and in eachof these apertures 10 and hearing against the blocks 6 and against theframe, is a spring 11 coiled around the guide rod. The springs 11normally hold the blocks 6 in contact with the stop studs 5; but when apackage is pushed between the blocks 6 and members 7 to enter areceptacle supported upon the exterior of said members, the blocks andmembers yield against the action of the springs 11 so that the memberswill be moved apart to grip and hold the receptacle during the insertionof the package. After the package has been inserted in the receptacle, afurther movement thereof pushes the receptacle ofl from the spoutmembers 7; and when both receptacle and inserted package are clearedfrom the members 7, the springs 11 again move the blocks 6 into contactwith the stop studs 5, which action of course results in bringing thespout members 7 nearer together so thatv another receptacle may beeasily slipped on the same. 7

Changes and variations may be made in the structure by means of whichthe invention .is carried into effect. The invention, therefore, is notto be limited to the precise details of the structure shown anddescribed.

What is claimed is:

1. In a spout for inserting packages in receptacles, the combinationwith a frame having a rectangular aperture formed therein, of a pair ofguide rods supported by said frame and crossing said aperture, a pair ofstop studs supported by said frame and projecting into said aperture atpoints midway between opposite walls of said aperture, a pair of blocksslidably mounted on said guide rods one on either side of said stopstuds, a pair of parallel rigid longitudi nally flanged memberssupported by and movable with said blocks and adapted to enter areceptacle and between which a package may be pushed into saidreceptacle, a pair of keepers for rigidl holding said members to saidblocks, and springs coiled around said guide'rods and bearing againstsaid frame and said blocks to normally hold said blocks in contact withsaid step studs.

2. In a spout for inserting packages in receptacles, the combinationwith a frame having an aperture formed therein, of a pair of guide rodssupported by said frame and crossing said aperture, a pair of blocksslidably mounted on said guide rods, a pair of parallel rigidlongitudinally flanged members supported by and movable with said blocksand adapted to enter a receptacle and between which a package may bepushed into said receptacle, means for rigidly holding said members tosaid blocks, springs coiled around said guide rods and bearing againstsaid frame and said blocks to normally cause an approaching movement ofsaid. blocks and said members, and means for limiting said approachingmovement.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

RUDOLPH REJSEK. Witnesses:

SYDNEY I. PRESCOTT, ELIZABETH LOUISE RUSSELL.

